LAURENT BLANC has revealed that Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi have been dropped indefinitely by Paris Saint-Germain.

The pair have come in for disciplinary action after failing to report to the club's mid-winter training camp in Morocco.

Arsenal and Liverpool have been linked with moves for the pair, and while the South Americans will be dropped for just two games, Blanc has hinted that there may be further action after that.

He said: "We really could have done without it. Let's not kid ourselves. It has come at a bad time.

"The return to training is important. All the more so given the first part of the season was mediocre, and that we need to set out with significant momentum to take up the challenges that we'll be faced with.

"The club took steps, financial ones, but I won't get into that.

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Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi have been disciplined by PSG

We really could have done without it. Let's not kid ourselves. It has come at a bad time.

Laurent Blanc

"There were also sporting ones. That concerns me. It's me who took them with the support of the club.

"Firstly, they will train away from the squad until next Saturday, and won't be called upon for the next two games, against Montpellier and Bastia. We'll see where we are after that.

"We'll see if the punishments will continue or whether they'll be brought back into the squad.

"It's not necessary for me to add that I find it inadmissible and unacceptable. You can well imagine that."

It now remains to be seen whether Liverpool and Arsenal step up their interest with Blanc clearly unhappy with the players' actions in recent times.